LEADER 03773oam 22007454a 450 001 9910737298503321 005 20240708183751.0 010 $a9780295751658 010 $a0295751657 024 7 $a10.1515/9780295751658 035 $a(CKB)28102822600041 035 $a(OCoLC)1395536484 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_114145 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7283442 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7283442 035 $a(DE-B1597)726030 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780295751658 035 $a(Perlego)4252940 035 $a(EXLCZ)9928102822600041 100 $a20230308d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMenacing Environments $eEcohorror in Contemporary Nordic Cinema /$fBenjamin Bigelow 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aSeattle :$cUniversity of Washington Press,$d2023. 210 4$dİ2023. 215 $a1 online resource (208 pages)$cillustrations ; 225 0 $aNew directions in Scandinavian studies 311 08$a9780295751641 311 08$a0295751649 311 08$a9780295751634 311 08$a0295751630 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction: Uncanny Ecologies -- $t1. The Plague Is Here: Transcorporeal Body Horror in Epidemic -- $t2. Abject Ecologies: Patriarchal Containment and Feminist Embodiment in Thelma -- $t3. Men, Women, and Harpoons: Eco-isolationism and Transnationalism in Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre -- $t4. Migrant Labors: Predatory Environmentalism and Eco-privilege in Shelley -- $t5. Folk Horror and Folkhemmet: White Supremacy and Belonging in Midsommar -- $tConclusion: Nordic Ecohorror as Social Critique -- $tFilmography -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex -- $tNew Directions in Scandinavian Studies 330 $a"In Menacing Environments, Benjamin Bigelow examines ecohorror as a film genre that generates fear and dread by dwelling on the threatening interconnectedness between humans and the environment. Though the combination of horror and the natural environment may be a counter-intuitive pairing for the region, the commercial and critical attention garnered by transnational Nordic ecohorror films such as Antichrist (dir. Lars von Trier, 2009) and Midsommar (dir. Ari Aster, 2019) shows that the relationship between humans and the natural environment is not always figured as innocent or benign"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aNew Directions in Scandinavian Studies 606 $aNature in motion pictures$2fast 606 $aMotion pictures$2fast 606 $aHorror films$2fast 606 $aEnvironmental protection and motion pictures$2fast 606 $aNature in motion pictures 606 $aEnvironmental protection and motion pictures 606 $aHorror films$zScandinavia$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMotion pictures$zScandinavia$xHistory 607 $aScandinavia$2fast 608 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc. 615 7$aNature in motion pictures. 615 7$aMotion pictures. 615 7$aHorror films. 615 7$aEnvironmental protection and motion pictures. 615 0$aNature in motion pictures. 615 0$aEnvironmental protection and motion pictures. 615 0$aHorror films$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xHistory. 676 $a791.430948 700 $aBigelow$b Benjamin$c(College teacher),$01429020 712 02$aThe TOME initiative and the generous support of the University of Minnesota$4fnd$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fnd 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910737298503321 996 $aMenacing Environments$93567026 997 $aUNINA